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Monday, 12 May 2014

It's been a while

^^ mmm look that lovely Sydney water... :-|

It's been a while since I blogged. A week. To some people this might seem like forever, for others its normal or perhaps even too soon. Regardless of what is right or wrong in terms of a blog schedule, I feel sad that I couldn't blog all week.

The reasons were various. Somedays I was just too busy and then sometimes when I did find time, I wasn't motivated or I didn't have anything to blog about. Life last week was somewhat uneventful and I didn't really want to bore you with those details.

On Saturday though, I forced myself to go outside and take a breath. I left the editing at home, and drove to the water with Stephen. We had both woken up on the wrong side of the bed that morning. Our tired souls made us both a little snappy and we ended up in a bit of a 'blah' situation. So we drove to the pier and we just sat there. We didn't talk, we didn't hold hands. There seemed to be miles between us.

But we were okay with that. We were spending our time silently praying and healing our hearts, putting our pain and our stresses onto the Lord and letting Him wash us clean from negative thoughts. We both sat there, by the pier, watching the boats come in and out, and in an odd way we watched our negative energy sail away from our bodies too. The sun then washed over us and we felt warm again.

Sometimes it's okay to be angry or sad or 'blah' for no reason whatsoever. It's normal. It's human. What we need to do though is embrace the mood we are in and let it not take control. We have to acknowledge it and work with it, changing its form and turning it into something good. Stephen and I don't like to dwell on each other's negative energy. It's not healthy. Rather we work on trying to fix it and transform it into good. Sometimes that means just sitting with each other in silence while we let the thoughts escape, sometimes that means talking about it until 2am in the morning and sometimes it means we just need to or eat a tub of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream ;)

22 comments:

First of all. You guys are so sweet. Ice cream and 2am chats heal all things, like time. And girl. I just make a list of all the things I'm thankful for until I get so annoyed at myself that I stop being melancholy and start being happy for all that I have.

I understand the "negative rut" feeling. I went through a big season of negativity a few months ago and I just had to continue to "preach to myself" and quote scripture to myself so negative thoughts don't consume me.

Thanks for sharing-I feel like negative ruts are more common than people lead on (especially in the blogging world!)

Aw, Sam. Firstly I would like to say that I hope everything's okay now with the 'blah' situation as you called it.

And secondly, I would like to share that I feel the same almost always. Either I'm too busy to post, or I am not motivated, nor do I have anything to post. Nevertheless, I am glad you did, and I missed you (even if it was a week!).

Don't ever feel pressured into making a post. You post when you're good and ready to! :)

1. Those photos are beautiful.2. You are beautiful.3. I am jealous you pull of hats so well.4. I hope that today is better then yesterday and I am praying for you dear friend. "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him." Lamentations 3:22-24

I am LOVING your honesty in your posts recently. Your photos are GORGEOUS (as per usual) and this is so true, we can't expect to spend so much time with one person and not end up in a tizz from time to time. I think the way you deal with it is the most important thing. We always try to end any difficult coversation by 9.30 otherwise we end up going round and round and round in tired circles! Wish we had a pier to sit on... xoxo

Yeh we're a bit like that too! On one hand I don't like to go to bed angry or upset but at the same time, staying up too late doesn't really get anywhere either. Sometimes sleep can cure a mind.p.s. thanks for all the loving recently too!

I love your blog Sam! Is it okay for me to call you that? :) I found you through Emma of the Earth Through a Lens. She's right you have an awesome blog and your photography is so good! This is the first post I've read and I must say I am already enjoying myself.

Whenever I need to churn out negative energy I do quite a number of stuff: listen to music, write, doodle, read blogs, read books, eat ice cream, stare blankly at a star filled sky or sit out in the garden to enjoy the view.

I totally understand the need for a break sometimes. Stepping back and just taking a minute. Can I just say I find it beautiful that even when you & your husband are in a bad mood, you guys are blah together. I mean I really don't know much about relationships but I think that says something really special. :)A lot of times when negativity just kind of surrounds your heart for little or no reason, I find that just doing nothing (or rather nothing substantial) like eating junk food, watching terrible movies gets your mind off things & helps you forget all about why you were upset, for no reason...haha did that make any sense? I hope it did! :D